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Well that is done...
Aug. 31st, 2009 12:42 pmI just submitted my Known World Handbook Article and my A&S registration. Woot!
Wednesday it rained and stuff...
Jul. 2nd, 2009 06:56 amWell, work was dull. Everyone I needed was either out or out. I researched some stuff a bit, bugged my drafters, bugged my structural analyst, teased the thermal analysts and worked on my special project. I'm really inkling to try to work on other projects but I have to stay monogamous until the embroidery is finished. Though I made really good progress after work. I got all of the white done on the lower half of the hammer which means I have the top to do and all of the black work but that is easy stuff to do once the tambour is finished. So, if all goes well i hope to be onto #5 on friday at happy hour. The girls at Grandma's were having fun. I took a picture and now can't seem to get it uploaded from the phone to any of my normal picture places on the web. Meg's what is the deal? Is there a way to do that yet?
Kung Fu was a bit frustrating but its in the nagging details I'm trying to get right in a form an when we change things in a form I've know for a while its annoying. I see why we are changing it cause it does flow better but grrr....Then I did weights after class which was good.
Stopped by Micheals on the way home and I think I found another colorway for the baby afghans for the "unknown" sexes. I'm probably gonna pick it up, we shall see. Its not like the other stuff I bought will go to waste but I need to check my patterns for yardage etc...I might not make gauge on it and that would kinda suck...anyhoo, I also bought some stitch markers (though I can make my own if I sit down to do it and also bought some more crochet hooks for various things.
Got home and sat down at the loom (okay, I'm not quite monogamous but if I don't sit down a little every day mel will have woven the whole thing. I think next time we need to put 2-3 threads in the first couple of threads to have a strong selvage. We're breaking the edge threads a lot but at least that is getting us good at piecing things in but its frustrating. I also need to look at getting us a bobbin winder or making one. I can do it on the sewing machine but I can't quite get them tight enough yet. We shall see. But I wove almost a complete section of the pattern last night, probably more tonight. Then I sat down and did more tambour.
Got a shower and then started reading Folk Socks by Nancy Bush. Sighs, I want to learn to knit but other projects come first so I figure lots of reading would help me out first. I'm going to read all of my knitting books to understand things and that should help me with my craving to start something new until the embroidery is done. Then it will be on to finish my afghan and start the baby afghans. All good. Just need to get done with the embroidery. My goal is to hand it to ari at scribble on monday. I think I can do it. Especially if we sit and watch a movie on friday night. I also have calligraphy to do but that will be on Saturday and Sunday.
Now to just get through today and life will be good. The pressure systems are giving me a headache but eh. I shall cope after coffee.
Kung Fu was a bit frustrating but its in the nagging details I'm trying to get right in a form an when we change things in a form I've know for a while its annoying. I see why we are changing it cause it does flow better but grrr....Then I did weights after class which was good.
Stopped by Micheals on the way home and I think I found another colorway for the baby afghans for the "unknown" sexes. I'm probably gonna pick it up, we shall see. Its not like the other stuff I bought will go to waste but I need to check my patterns for yardage etc...I might not make gauge on it and that would kinda suck...anyhoo, I also bought some stitch markers (though I can make my own if I sit down to do it and also bought some more crochet hooks for various things.
Got home and sat down at the loom (okay, I'm not quite monogamous but if I don't sit down a little every day mel will have woven the whole thing. I think next time we need to put 2-3 threads in the first couple of threads to have a strong selvage. We're breaking the edge threads a lot but at least that is getting us good at piecing things in but its frustrating. I also need to look at getting us a bobbin winder or making one. I can do it on the sewing machine but I can't quite get them tight enough yet. We shall see. But I wove almost a complete section of the pattern last night, probably more tonight. Then I sat down and did more tambour.
Got a shower and then started reading Folk Socks by Nancy Bush. Sighs, I want to learn to knit but other projects come first so I figure lots of reading would help me out first. I'm going to read all of my knitting books to understand things and that should help me with my craving to start something new until the embroidery is done. Then it will be on to finish my afghan and start the baby afghans. All good. Just need to get done with the embroidery. My goal is to hand it to ari at scribble on monday. I think I can do it. Especially if we sit and watch a movie on friday night. I also have calligraphy to do but that will be on Saturday and Sunday.
Now to just get through today and life will be good. The pressure systems are giving me a headache but eh. I shall cope after coffee.
Well, work was long...even on a short day. I had lots of little tasks that didn't take up enough time. But I coped. I did manage to clean up my desk though and that was nice...I have nice clean work spaces..stuff is filed and neat looking. All good. Cause a clean desk is a sign of a disturbed mind...tee hee. One of the things all of us in the ME row at work were commenting on that even though its 100+° out we are all in a "baking" mood. Shannon brought in 4th of July decorated cupcakes yesterday that got us all talking. Yup, this week will be lots of baking.
Got home and mel and I went shopping. The cupboards were pretty bare and we hit the sales and got good stuff including ingredients for me to make bundt cakes. Squee! Got home and put things away and then we sat down to weave for a while. One thing of note is I'm sure that mel will be building us a new weaving bench very, very soon. And I think the pedals are really hard for me to push since I have short legs and I have to sit on the edge of the bench to reach and that is not comfy for me. Right now we are weaving tabby, plain woven, fabric. I'm not sure what else we will do but its a start. While mel was weaving I made a lemon rum bundt cake and then sat down to do some embroidery. The storm hit about then and the boys went out to batten down the hatches in the shop. Mel left for kung fu and Ari arrived soon after so I showed her the weaving and I wove a bit more. Then it was coffee time and book research. I working on my A&S research which entailed lots of lots of perusing through calligraphy/illumination books and having fun commentary.
My favorite Annunciation is from Simone Martin and the angel is wearing a plaid sash and has really neato wings but the expression on Mary is one of of utter disdain and WTFO! Ari and I have an entire commentary about it. My other favorite is a piece from the Engelbrech and Vander Wyden where mary is reading and has this look of "dude, I'm reading, go away" it also has some really nice back ground pieces and it has a neato majoilica jug. Plus then we all started to look at books and the phrases of "oh, these are the cutest little demons!" and "cutting babies in half" permeated the conversation. Scribes are a weird lot...yup. But I was happy and got lots of pictorial evidence for two of my projects and that was good. More work today to look up information on one of the artists but all in all a good day. Folks left and then it was time for bed.
PP&Z has gotten more amusing with another 2 suitors entering the mix. I'm still just tickled to be reading it and I think I need to put the real book on the reading list. I slept well but as always I could have slept more. I'm glad its a short week cause I have lots to do at home...including laundry...yikes, when did that hydra rear its head...oh, yeah, over the weekend when I should have been doing chores versus playing with the loom! Sighs. But I can get a few loads done this afternoon before practice and that should be good. Hopefully we won't get rained out but it is monsoon season...it tends to put a "damp"er on things...tee hee.
Got home and mel and I went shopping. The cupboards were pretty bare and we hit the sales and got good stuff including ingredients for me to make bundt cakes. Squee! Got home and put things away and then we sat down to weave for a while. One thing of note is I'm sure that mel will be building us a new weaving bench very, very soon. And I think the pedals are really hard for me to push since I have short legs and I have to sit on the edge of the bench to reach and that is not comfy for me. Right now we are weaving tabby, plain woven, fabric. I'm not sure what else we will do but its a start. While mel was weaving I made a lemon rum bundt cake and then sat down to do some embroidery. The storm hit about then and the boys went out to batten down the hatches in the shop. Mel left for kung fu and Ari arrived soon after so I showed her the weaving and I wove a bit more. Then it was coffee time and book research. I working on my A&S research which entailed lots of lots of perusing through calligraphy/illumination books and having fun commentary.
My favorite Annunciation is from Simone Martin and the angel is wearing a plaid sash and has really neato wings but the expression on Mary is one of of utter disdain and WTFO! Ari and I have an entire commentary about it. My other favorite is a piece from the Engelbrech and Vander Wyden where mary is reading and has this look of "dude, I'm reading, go away" it also has some really nice back ground pieces and it has a neato majoilica jug. Plus then we all started to look at books and the phrases of "oh, these are the cutest little demons!" and "cutting babies in half" permeated the conversation. Scribes are a weird lot...yup. But I was happy and got lots of pictorial evidence for two of my projects and that was good. More work today to look up information on one of the artists but all in all a good day. Folks left and then it was time for bed.
PP&Z has gotten more amusing with another 2 suitors entering the mix. I'm still just tickled to be reading it and I think I need to put the real book on the reading list. I slept well but as always I could have slept more. I'm glad its a short week cause I have lots to do at home...including laundry...yikes, when did that hydra rear its head...oh, yeah, over the weekend when I should have been doing chores versus playing with the loom! Sighs. But I can get a few loads done this afternoon before practice and that should be good. Hopefully we won't get rained out but it is monsoon season...it tends to put a "damp"er on things...tee hee.
